Snub tetrahexagonal tiling

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Snub tetrahexagonal tiling
Snub tetrahexagonal tiling
Poincaré disk model of the hyperbolic plane
Type Hyperbolic uniform tiling
Vertex configuration 3.3.4.3.6
Schläfli symbol sr{6,4} or
Wythoff symbol | 6 4 2
Coxeter diagram CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.png or CDel node h.pngCDel split1-64.pngCDel nodes hh.png
Symmetry group [6,4]+, (642)
Dual
Properties Vertex-transitive Chiral

In geometry, the snub tetrahexagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{6,4}.

Images[]

Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:

H2 snub 246a.pngH2 snub 246b.png

Related polyhedra and tiling[]

The snub tetrahexagonal tiling is fifth in a series of snub polyhedra and tilings with vertex figure 3.3.4.3.n.

4n2 symmetry mutations of snub tilings: 3.3.4.3.n
Symmetry
4n2
Spherical Euclidean Compact hyperbolic Paracomp.
242 342 442 542 642 742 842 ∞42
Snub
figures
Spherical square antiprism.png Spherical snub cube.png Uniform tiling 44-snub.png H2-5-4-snub.svg Uniform tiling 64-snub.png Uniform tiling 74-snub.png Uniform tiling 84-snub.png Uniform tiling i42-snub.png
Config. 3.3.4.3.2 3.3.4.3.3 3.3.4.3.4 3.3.4.3.5 3.3.4.3.6 3.3.4.3.7 3.3.4.3.8 3.3.4.3.∞
Gyro
figures
Spherical tetragonal trapezohedron.png Spherical pentagonal icositetrahedron.png Tiling Dual Semiregular V3-3-4-3-4 Cairo Pentagonal.svg H2-5-4-floret.svg
Config. V3.3.4.3.2 V3.3.4.3.3 V3.3.4.3.4 V3.3.4.3.5 V3.3.4.3.6 V3.3.4.3.7 V3.3.4.3.8 V3.3.4.3.∞
Uniform tetrahexagonal tilings
Symmetry: [6,4], (*642)
(with [6,6] (*662), [(4,3,3)] (*443) , [∞,3,∞] (*3222) index 2 subsymmetries)
(And [(∞,3,∞,3)] (*3232) index 4 subsymmetry)
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
= CDel node 1.pngCDel split1-66.pngCDel nodes.png
CDel 2.png
= CDel branch 11.pngCDel 2a2b-cross.pngCDel nodes.png
= CDel branch 11.pngCDel 3a3b-cross.pngCDel branch 11.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
= CDel node 1.pngCDel split1-66.pngCDel nodes 11.png
CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
= CDel node.pngCDel split1-66.pngCDel nodes 11.png
= CDel branch 11.pngCDel split2-44.pngCDel node.png
CDel 2.png
= CDel nodes 11.pngCDel 3a3b-cross.pngCDel nodes 11.png
CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel 2.png
= CDel branch 11.pngCDel split2-44.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel 2.png
= CDel branch.pngCDel split2-44.pngCDel node 1.png
= CDel branch.pngCDel 2a2b-cross.pngCDel nodes 11.png
= CDel branchu 11.pngCDel 2.pngCDel branchu 11.pngCDel 2.pngCDel branchu 11.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
CDel 2.png
CDel 2.png
= CDel branch 11.pngCDel 2a2b-cross.pngCDel nodes 11.png
CDel node 1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node 1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node 1.png
H2 tiling 246-1.png H2 tiling 246-3.png H2 tiling 246-2.png H2 tiling 246-6.png H2 tiling 246-4.png H2 tiling 246-5.png H2 tiling 246-7.png
{6,4} t{6,4} r{6,4} t{4,6} {4,6} rr{6,4} tr{6,4}
Uniform duals
CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.png CDel node f1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node f1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node f1.png
H2chess 246b.png H2chess 246f.png H2chess 246a.png H2chess 246e.png H2chess 246c.png H2chess 246d.png H2checkers 246.png
V64 V4.12.12 V(4.6)2 V6.8.8 V46 V4.4.4.6 V4.8.12
Alternations
[1+,6,4]
(*443)
[6+,4]
(6*2)
[6,1+,4]
(*3222)
[6,4+]
(4*3)
[6,4,1+]
(*662)
[(6,4,2+)]
(2*32)
[6,4]+
(642)
CDel node h1.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
= CDel branch 10ru.pngCDel split2-44.pngCDel node.png
CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
= CDel node h.pngCDel split1-66.pngCDel branch hh.pngCDel label2.png
CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h1.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node.png
= CDel branch 10.pngCDel 2a2b-cross.pngCDel nodes 10.png
CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.png
= CDel branch hh.pngCDel split2-44.pngCDel node h.png
CDel node.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h1.png
= CDel node.pngCDel split1-66.pngCDel nodes 10lu.png
CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.png
= CDel branch hh.pngCDel 2xa2xb-cross.pngCDel branch hh.pngCDel label2.png
CDel node h.pngCDel 6.pngCDel node h.pngCDel 4.pngCDel node h.png
Uniform tiling 443-t0.png Uniform tiling 64-h02.png Uniform tiling 64-h1.png Uniform tiling 443-snub2.png Uniform tiling 66-t0.png Uniform tiling 3.4.4.4.4.png Uniform tiling 64-snub.png
h{6,4} s{6,4} s{4,6} h{4,6} sr{6,4}

References[]

  • John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman-Strass, The Symmetries of Things 2008, ISBN 978-1-56881-220-5 (Chapter 19, The Hyperbolic Archimedean Tessellations)
  • "Chapter 10: Regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space". The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays. Dover Publications. 1999. ISBN 0-486-40919-8. LCCN 99035678.

See also[]

  • Square tiling
  • Tilings of regular polygons
  • List of uniform planar tilings
  • List of regular polytopes

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